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14/09/2026

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10/09/2026

A moment from IPhupho L'ka Biko powerful performance at Youth in Struggle: 14 Years Since Marikana, 50 Years Since 1976.

Co-hosted by The Forge and SERI, the event brought together music and critical reflection on the connections between the 1976 student uprising, the 2012 Marikana strike and massacre, and contemporary student protests.

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02/09/2026

“Apartheid Did Not Die: South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution” by Mandla J Radebe is still available at The Commune.

South Africa’s liberation remains unfinished. The inequalities, power structures and economic legacies of apartheid continue to shape our present.

The book is vailable at The Commune, as well as on Takealot and Amazon.

01/09/2026

Last Saturday, we gathered for the intimate launch of "Ways of Being Born: Tracing the Footprints of Birth in Africa" by Dr Mmatshilo Motsei, in conversation with Motshedisi Silindane.
It was such a beautiful afternoon of stories, reflection, wisdom and connection — a space to pause and think deeply about birth, ancestry, culture and the ways we carry these stories with us.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came through and shared in the afternoon. Your presence, conversations and energy made the gathering truly special.

21/08/2026

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of “Ways of Being Born”.

Dr Mmatshilo Motsei will be in conversation with Motshedisi Silindane.

DATE: Saturday, 29 August
TIMe: 14:00 PM
VENUE: The Forge
87 de Korte Street, South Point Corner, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

RSVP: [email protected]

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10/08/2026

Dear Comrades,

Please note that we will be closed tomorrow and will reopen on Wednesday.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Thank you.

09/08/2026

Today marks 70 years since the 1956 Women’s March in South Africa. We honour this day of women’s formidable contributions, anti-colonial struggle, and revolutionary act by drawing on the words of Dr. Lebohang Liepollo Pheko, shared at the “S’obashaya Ngamatye: Women and 60 Years of Armed Struggle in South Africa” Colloquium in 2021.

The colloquium was organised by the Political and International Studies Department at Rhodes University, the Centre for Women and Gender Studies at Nelson Mandela University, and the Historical Studies Department at the University of Cape Town.

Dr. Pheko’s framing could well have been said today: “Afrikan liberation is still written without examining the extensive and complex layers of women’s contributions” and “It is extremely important to repoliticise and recentre this day as a day of revolutionary insurrection.”

Poster gifted to us by the Medu Art Ensemble, Gaborone, Botswana.